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Re: Healey head gaskets

To: "Pieter and Linda Scheenhouwer" <pieterscheen@optusnet.com.au>
Subject: Re: Healey head gaskets
From: "Alan Seigrist Blue 100" <healey.nut@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 14:47:47 +0800
Pieter -

You can sign me up for a couple!!  I don't see why they shouldn't just
be bundled with the standard Payen Head kit.  Great thing about
composite gaskets is they won't go bad with age, so buying a few for
storage is a good idea!

What would probably be even more sellable is making a composite gasket
for the 100... the copper ones are not good enough and the steel ones
are $$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Alan

'53 BN1 '64 BJ8

On 5/29/06, Pieter and Linda Scheenhouwer <pieterscheen@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> After having trouble with head gaskets in the past and because I am running
> a slightly elevated compression ratio I researched the modern or composite
> head gaskets available for the 3000. They seem to be the solution but the
> cost ( AUS$200 from a local healey specialist in Australia and AUS$320 plus
> freight from England) is prohibitive. A long with a couple of club members
> we are looking at having tooling made to manufacture these gaskets by ACL in
> Brisbane and we can get their "race series" gaskets made for AUS$100(US$75)
> each, a considerable saving. The question, would we be able to move enough
> of these gaskets to cover the tooling costs. We don't want to make money but
> don't want to loose it either. Does "The List" think there would be enough
> interest for us to go ahead?
>
> Cheers
>
> Pieter
>
> Brisbane Australia.




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